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Psalms 51:1-10

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1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.
5 Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
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